Example sentences of "used [prep] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With over 100 individual meeting rooms available on campus , we are used to accommodating for as few as 20 or as many as 1,000 delegates . |
| 2 | I 'm just not used to thinking about buses . ’ |
| 3 | This way of putting it at least has the merit of correctly suggesting that Heisenberg 's procedure was closer to the way in which people were used to thinking about dynamics . |
| 4 | We are used to thinking in such terms concerning tourists and temporary residents . |
| 5 | We 're not used to thinking in those terms . |
| 6 | Joey 's used to dealing with difficult customers , but when he comes face to face with a gun-toting angry young man , it takes all his soothing charm to save the day . |
| 7 | ‘ We are a tourist country and used to dealing with large numbers of people , ’ says Tunisia 's Interior Minister , Mr Abdallah Kallal . |
| 8 | You are too used to dealing with theists who adopt a position of unassailable certainty in their beliefs . |
| 9 | If you are a shop assistant who frequently deputizes for the manager of a busy store you may need some prompting to realize that among your qualifications you ‘ are ready to take responsibility ’ , ‘ have a flexible approach to work ’ , and ‘ are used to dealing with the public ’ . |
| 10 | There is , however , a consensus of opinion among experienced practitioners used to dealing with visually handicapped pupils and among writers concerned with the education of such children that competence in personal mobility and orientation is a prime source of safety and a great help in ensuring access to the whole campus and its various buildings and rooms . |
| 11 | Over the many hundreds of years that Night Goblins have lived in the tunnels they have become quite used to dealing with these fearsome creatures . |
| 12 | I found this day the most enjoyable because I 'm used to dealing with people . |
| 13 | In addition to their genetic differences they will each have a different nurturing experience within their family , for example being the first born and only child is different from being the second or third child of parents already used to dealing with small babies and the noise , bustle and demands of older siblings . |
| 14 | Charles 's courtiers were used to dealing with a bachelor of fixed habits and a set routine . |
| 15 | ‘ The record company is used to dealing with rock and roll , ’ says Nicky , ‘ and the fact that they took a chance reflects really well on them . |
| 16 | Banque La Henin ( tel : 071–630 0965 ) is a typical example of a bank well used to dealing with homebuyers of every nation . |
| 17 | And I did n't want to bother with a doctor — in Baldersdale you were used to dealing with minor complaints on your own . |
| 18 | Professional Counsellors , Doctors or others who are used to dealing with addictive disease and who have significant experience of long-term recovery of their patients through Alcoholics Anonymous . |
| 19 | One dentist I know , is so used to dealing with hypersensitive children that he says — and I mean to me — ‘ Now , pop this in like a lollipop ’ , but I do n't mind that either because , about twenty years after everyone else , I 've discovered the benefits of meditation . |
| 20 | He 's used to dealing with princes these days . |
| 21 | Or my son or my nephew , who are not used to dealing with ultimatums . ’ |
| 22 | That was my gut reaction too — you would need to be someone who is used to dealing with a lot of facts and figures , or have a load of programming utilities sitting in the background to keep track . |
| 23 | They are used to dealing with harsh conditions in a hostile environment . |
| 24 | The army recognises that shoe-horning young junior ranks into a place used to dealing with qualified RAF technicians could be a problem . |
| 25 | The attack on the woman , left to die after being savagely beaten and sexually attacked has outraged detectives used to dealing with the most horrific crimes . |
| 26 | so I thought he , he 's changing things he 's saying well I do n't think this is suitable and I do n't think my way of tackling this is suitable because he 's used to dealing with different kids , although they 're a similar age , they 're not very motivated or mighty but they 're more motivated than these kids , but he says like he 'll turned back towards the black board and he 'll be writing and they 're shouting abuse at him , F ing and blinding and he says it makes me so angry because I do n't know the voices well enough to know who 's saying it |
| 27 | But for some reason they feel that they 're not as hot on employer work or something like that , so one of the targets might be to get them more used to dealing with employers is to go out and see more , and to set time |
| 28 | I have negotiated with government on a number of business issues , so I think I have certain special skills to bring in , but they 're not necessarily the skills of someone used to dealing with huge budgets , because my company is quite small . |
| 29 | Well some of it erm with some of it is , I mean it 's like the taxation side and , and things like that I can understand quite easily because I 'm used to dealing in that but when it comes |
| 30 | There were , it is true , many awkwardnesses in their first communications , for none of them was much used to speaking to strangers , but this lack of practice was balanced by a strong desire on the part of all three of them to enter upon a new life in which speaking to strangers was possible . |